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Statelessness increases risk of exploitation and traffickingStatelessness increases risk factors that influence the likelihood to fall victim to trafficking, such as lack of education and the ability to deal with a sudden crisis. A combination of risk factors may push stateless people to decide to migrate and take risks to be able to do so. These are conclusions from new research by Tilburg University into the relationship between statelessness and human trafficking in Thailand.http://phys.org/news342955029.html
Other SciencesThu, 12 Feb 2015 09:17:26 ESTnews342955029Carnegie Mellon developing online tools to detect and identify sex traffickersA contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is funding researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science who are seeking to undercut sex traffickers by developing online tools that target a key vulnerability: the need to advertise.http://phys.org/news340373492.html
TechnologyTue, 13 Jan 2015 12:11:42 ESTnews340373492Research helps raise awareness of human traffickingHuman trafficking –– or the control, ownership and sale of another human being for monetary gain –– was a common occurrence centuries ago, but many believe it doesn't exist in this day and age and not in this country.http://phys.org/news335778434.html
Other SciencesFri, 21 Nov 2014 08:20:01 ESTnews335778434The hidden world of labor traffickingWhen it comes to human trafficking, we often hear about victims being kidnapped or violently taken from their homes. But what about people who are forced into labor in the U.S.?http://phys.org/news333179357.html
Other SciencesWed, 22 Oct 2014 07:20:02 ESTnews333179357Human trafficking, an invisible problemHuman trafficking is a problem about which little is known in Spain, due to both the lack of reliable figures as well as the poor coordination among international police forces and the social permissiveness with regard to certain behavior related to the sex trade. These are some of the conclusions of a report funded by the European Union and written by a research team in which experts from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid participated.http://phys.org/news331206993.html
Other SciencesMon, 29 Sep 2014 10:56:45 ESTnews331206993Understanding the economics of human traffickingAlthough Europe is one of the strictest regions in the world when it comes to guaranteeing the respect of human rights, the number of people trafficked to or within the EU still amounts to several hundred thousands a year according to the European Commission. The most common forms of such trafficking include sexual and economic exploitation, the removal of organs and forced illegal activities such as petty theft.http://phys.org/news325752208.html
Other SciencesMon, 28 Jul 2014 07:43:42 ESTnews325752208Global wildlife decline driving slave labor, organized crimeGlobal decline of wildlife populations is driving increases in violent conflicts, organized crime and child labor around the world, according to a policy paper led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. The authors call for biologists to join forces with experts such as economists, political scientists, criminologists, public health officials and international development specialists to collectively tackle a complex challenge.http://phys.org/news325427351.html
BiologyThu, 24 Jul 2014 14:10:02 ESTnews325427351Report finds majority of Fortune 100 companies have forced labor policiesCorporate America has seen its fair share of criticism, but an ASU professor and two teams of students have found evidence that the majority of Fortune 100 companies are increasingly concerned with potential human rights violations associated with their global business practices.http://phys.org/news321080533.html
Other SciencesWed, 04 Jun 2014 06:02:25 ESTnews321080533Raise global awareness of child trafficking to stop it, Stanford scholar saysThe search is intensifying for the nearly 300 Nigerian girls who were kidnapped from their school in April by a radical Islamist group. The U.S. government and others worldwide have offered intelligence and investigative help to the Nigerian government. The group that abducted the girls, Boko Haram, has threatened to sell them into slavery, prostitution or coerced marriage. Moreover, the story reflects a larger problem worldwide in the human trafficking of children.http://phys.org/news319269858.html
Other SciencesWed, 14 May 2014 07:40:01 ESTnews319269858The vast reach of global human traffickingHuman trafficking for forced labour, sexual exploitation and the illegal organ trade amounts to a criminal industry generating untaxed and untaxable revenues of some $32 billion, according to a paper published this month in the International Journal of Public Law and Policy.http://phys.org/news314352169.html
Other SciencesTue, 18 Mar 2014 09:40:01 ESTnews314352169A new paradigm for domain-specific search to fight human trafficking Today's web searches use a centralized, one-size-fits-all approach that searches the Internet with the same set of tools for all queries. While that model has been wildly successful commercially, it does not work well for many government use cases. For example, it still remains a largely manual process that does not save sessions, requires nearly exact input with one-at-a-time entry, and doesn't organize or aggregate results beyond a list of links. Moreover, common search practices miss information in the deep web—the parts of the web not indexed by standard commercial search engines—and ignore shared content across pages.http://phys.org/news311242542.html
TechnologyMon, 10 Feb 2014 08:30:01 ESTnews311242542EU nations warned to act as human trafficking worsensBrussels warned European Union nations Monday to get a move on with adopting tough new rules against human trafficking or face sanctions as a first report on the problem showed "modern-day slavery" worsening across the bloc.http://phys.org/news285244980.html
Other SciencesMon, 15 Apr 2013 12:00:10 ESTnews285244980Google weaves a web between human trafficking hotlinesSex workers are more likely to call in to a hotline for victims of human trafficking on a Wednesday, and a Google-backed initiative could help to explain why.http://phys.org/news284785421.html
TechnologyWed, 10 Apr 2013 04:30:01 ESTnews284785421Human trafficking: A modern day slaveryA pioneering Ethiopian lawyer and academic is hoping to turn the spotlight on his country and raise awareness about human trafficking.http://phys.org/news283422256.html
Other SciencesMon, 25 Mar 2013 09:25:22 ESTnews283422256Women trafficked into crime in UK are imprisoned without support or protectionResearch reveals extent of shortcomings in UK justice and immigration to adequately define and intervene in such cases.http://phys.org/news279531309.html
Other SciencesFri, 08 Feb 2013 08:20:04 ESTnews279531309Treat illegal wildlife trade as serious crime: CITESIllegal trade in wildlife products like ivory and rhino horn must be treated as a serious crime in order to end the devastating poaching of protected species, the head of UN wildlife trade regulator CITES said Thursday.http://phys.org/news278331338.html
BiologyFri, 25 Jan 2013 10:15:47 ESTnews278331338Illegal wildlife trade threatens national security, says reportPerceived by organized criminals to be high profit and low risk, the illicit trade in wildlife is worth at least US$ 19 billion per year, making it the fourth largest illegal global trade after narcotics, counterfeiting, and human trafficking, according to a new report commissioned by WWF.http://phys.org/news274523074.html
BiologyWed, 12 Dec 2012 08:24:39 ESTnews274523074Human trafficking activity on adult entertainment website more pervasive than expectedEvidence of human trafficking through ads posted on a popular adult entertainment website is more prevalent than first thought, according to a new study published by Arizona State University.http://phys.org/news273741470.html
Other SciencesMon, 03 Dec 2012 07:18:06 ESTnews273741470Albania must enact reforms to combat sex trafficking, study urges(Phys.org)—Despite a number of measures undertaken by the government in Albania to curb sex trafficking, rigorous comprehensive legal and social reforms are needed to address the practices that perpetuate it, a new study led by a University of Illinois researcher indicates.http://phys.org/news269591682.html
Other SciencesTue, 16 Oct 2012 07:34:49 ESTnews269591682Toronto study shows mobile spyware's long shadow(Phys.org)—Spyware sold legally can infect BlackBerrys, iPhones, and other mobile devices, according to a study from two security researchers at the University of Toronto Munk School of Global Affairs' Citizen Lab. Morgan Marquis-Boire and Bill Marczak, in their study "The SmartPhone Who Loved Me: FinFisher Goes Mobile?" focus on spyware that can be used by governments as well as law enforcement to commandeer phones. They analyzed samples that appear to be variants of the FinFisher toolkit. They identified various command and controls servers as well. They sought to follow the marks of spyware surveillance software from Bahrain across several continents. http://phys.org/news265692660.html
TechnologySat, 01 Sep 2012 05:40:01 ESTnews265692660Why women choose to migrateWomen from China and India are migrating to change their lives, although they face greater risk than men of human trafficking, assault and rape.http://phys.org/news263030323.html
Other SciencesWed, 01 Aug 2012 08:58:50 ESTnews263030323Google donating $11.5M to fight modern slavery(AP) -- Tech giant Google announced Wednesday it is donating $11.5 million to several coalitions fighting to end the modern-day slavery of some 27 million people around the world.http://phys.org/news243084503.html
TechnologyWed, 14 Dec 2011 11:30:11 ESTnews243084503Researcher studies the globalization of sex trafficking and the organizations that work to stop itIn today's world, human trafficking is not an isolated problem, but a growing global issue. A Kansas State University professor is studying ways that anti-trafficking groups are fighting back.http://phys.org/news242929174.html
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